xv, 672 pages ; 25 cm

The Continuum History of Apocalypticism is a 1-volume, select edition of the 3-vol. Encyclopedia of Apocalypticism first published in 1998. The main historical surveys that provided the spine of the Encyclopedia have been retained, while essays of a thematic nature, and a few whose subject matter is not central to the historical development, have been omitted. The work begins with 8 articles on "The Origins of Apocalypticism in the Ancient World," extending from ancient Near Eastern myth through the Old Testament to the Dead Sea Scrolls, Jesus, Paul, and the Book of Revelation. Next are 7 articles on "Apocalyptic Traditions from Late Antiquity to ca. 1800 C.E.," including early Christian theology, radical movements in the Middle Ages, and both Jewish and Islamic apocalypticism in the classic period. The final section, "Apocalypticism in the Modern Age," includes 10 articles on apocalypticism in the Americas, in Western and Eastern Europe, and, finally, in modern! Judaism and modern Islam

"This work derives from The encyclopedia of apocalypticism"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Part 1: The origins of apocalypticism in the ancient world -- The roots of apocalypticism in Near Eastern myth / Richard J. Clifford, S.J. -- Persian apocalypticism / Anders Hultgård -- From prophecy to apocalypticism: the expectation of the end / John J. Collins -- Apocalypticism in the Dead Sea scrolls / Florentino Garcia Martinez -- Messianism and apocalypticism / James C. VanderKam -- The eschatology of Jesus / Dale C. Allison, Jr. -- Paul and apocalyptic eschatology / M.C. de Boer -- The book of Revelation -- Part 2: Apocalyptic traditions from late antiquity to ca 1800 C.E. -- Apocalypticism in early Christian theology / Brian E. Daley, S.J. -- Byzantine apocalypses / David Olster -- Apocalypticism and church reform, 1100-1500 / Bernard McGinn -- Radical apocalyptic movements in the late Middle Ages / Gian Luca Potestà -- Images of hope and despair: Western Apocalypticism ca. 1500-1800 / Robin Barnes -- Jewish apocalypticism, 670-1670 / Moshe Idel -- Islamic apocalypticism in the Classic Period / Saïd Amir Arjomand -- Part 3: Apocalypticism in the Modern Age -- Apocalypticism in Central and South American colonialism / Alain Milhou -- Apocalypticism in Colonial North America / Reiner Smolinski -- Apocalypticism in mainstream Protestantism, 1800 to the present / James H. Moorhead -- Apocalypticism outside the mainstream in the United States / Stephen J. Stein -- The growth of fundamentalist apocalyptic in the United States / Paul Boyer -- Apocalyptic movements in Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Robert M. Levine -- The Messianism of success in contemporary Judaism / Aviezer Ravitzky -- The resurgence of apocalyptic in modern Islam / Abbas Amanat -- Apocalypticism in modern Western Europe / Sandra L. Zimdars-Swartz and Paul F. Zimdars-Swartz -- Apocalypticism in Eastern Europe / J. Eugene Clay

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